“Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act I, sc. ii.
The Rivals (1775)
Quotes from workThe Rivals
The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated in numerous adaptions, including a 1935 musical in London and a 1958 episode of the television series Maverick, with attribution.
“You're our enemy; lead the way, and we 'll precede.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act V, sc. i.
The Rivals (1775)
“Never say more than is necessary.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act II, sc. i.
The Rivals (1775)
“He is the very pineapple of politeness!”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act III, sc. iii.
The Rivals (1775)
“You are not like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once, are you?”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act IV, sc. ii.
The Rivals (1775)
“As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act III, sc. iii.
The Rivals (1775)
“A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act III, sc. i.
The Rivals (1775)
“No caparisons, miss, if you please. Caparisons don't become a young woman.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act IV, sc. ii.
The Rivals (1775)
“There's nothing like being used to a thing.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act V, sc. iii.
The Rivals (1775)
“I know you are laughing in your sleeve.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act II, sc. i.
The Rivals (1775)
“Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.”
Richard Brinsley Sheridan The Rivals
Act I, sc. ii.
The Rivals (1775)
